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Goodbye push-up bra

BREAST AUGMENTATION

A breast enlargement is an ideal choice for patients that wish to increase the size of their breasts. A breast enlargement / breast augmentation procedure involves making a small incision usually in the fold beneath the breast and inserting an implant. Breast implants come in a of sizes, shapes and profiles to help give patients the look they are dreaming of. At The Private Clinic breast implant surgery is performed by some of the UK’s top consultant plastic surgeons who have decades of experience.

Tatler Beauty & Cosmestic Surgery Guide 2023 – Investigations

The Private Clinic’s Consultant Plastic Surgeon, Mr Adrian Richards has been featured in Tatler’s Beauty & Cosmetic Surgery Guide 2023 in an investigations article where patient Lily Brown shares her breast enlargement journey.

There is no time limit on boosting your silhouette with surgery. Newly perky Lily Brown describes her age-appropriate boob job.

Who has a in their forties?

That’s what the twenty-something me would have thought. Life is practically over by then, I would have mused, on a Marlboro and throwing back a Cosmo at the Met Bar. I would have imagined that by my fifth decade I wouldn’t be caring much about my appearance, I’d be more interested in gardening, Radio 4, and picking out upholstery fabrics.

Well, newsflash to my younger self – I still care very much. In fact, I’m more invested than ever in keeping both my inner- and outer self healthy, vital, and attractive. Perhaps it’s a thing: I have more autonomy over what I do. And what I’ve wanted to do for the longest time is have a boob job. Not simply because I want to feel sexier and more confident – though both have definite appeal – but because I realise that my life is far from over. In fact, I hope I’m only halfway through.

The truth is I feel hampered by my deflated windsocks. Once upon a time, my breasts were my best feature; now they are very much the opposite. It takes a push-up bra and chicken fillets to give me the silhouette I want.

Still, there are several things holding me back. I’m worried that going under the knife will be a waste of money when there are so many other demands on me financially. I’m anxious about it going wrong, leaving me looking like a fading glamour model. I live in fear of being judged. But these negative emotions are becoming increasingly drowned out by an ever-louder voice that says it’ll be a much-needed confidence boost: one which will pay dividends, and enable me to whole-heartedly embrace this next chapter of life.

I ask my friends for recommendations. Make-up artists, journalists, models – they always know the best people. I it down to a few surgeons, but I only Zoom with one: . Warm, friendly and chatty, he is the opposite of the brusque, intimidating surgeon cliché. We just click.

Mr Richards is accompanied on the call by Melissa, his clinic coordinator and right-hand woman. She is a reassuring presence. It feels like she’s cheering you on from the sidelines; that she will take time to understand what you want, and has the experience to help you achieve it. Together they put me at ease.

We chat away and I tell Mr Richards I want a boob job that is age-appropriate. I think that – in the same way a forty-something woman looks unnatural with a wrinkle-free Onabotulinumtoxinaabobotulinumtoxinaincobotulinumtoxinaprabotulinumtoxinaletibotulinumtoxinarimabotulinumtoxinbhyaluronic Acid Fillerscalcium Hydroxylapatite Fillerspoly-L-Lactic Acid Fillerspolymethylmethacrylate Fillersautologous Fat Graftingforehead Lines Treatmentglabellar Frown Lines Treatmentcrow's Feet Treatmentbunny Lines Treatmentchemical Brow Liftlip Flipgummy Smile Correctionmasseter Reductionjaw Slimmingdimpled Chin Smoothingcobblestone Chin Smoothingnefertiti Neck Liftmicro-Botoxmesotoxhyperhidrosis Treatmentchronic Migraine Reliefbruxism Treatmenttmj Treatmentcervical Dystonia Treatmentneck Spasm Treatmentblepharospasm Treatmentlip Augmentationlip Contouringcheekbone Enhancementtear Trough Fillersnasolabial Fold Softeningmarionette Line Fillersliquid Rhinoplastynon-Surgical Nose Jobjawline Contouringjawline Definitionchin Augmentationtemple Volumisinghand Rejuvenationacne Scar Subcision Filling, hair or a thick fringe of lashes – so they look strange with watermelon that sit right beneath their chin. Instead, I want them to look natural – to be a similar size to the ones I had before having babies. Perky, not pneumatic; stylish, not stripper. Not like I’ve been shoplifting footballs.

I’ve been asked to wear a robe to our Zoom session and, towards the end, Melissa asks if I’m comfortable to take it off to show Mr Richards my chest. When I say yes, she instructs me to stand front-on, then sideways. It could very easily feel weird, but it doesn’t, and both Melissa and Mr Richards are super-professional. I remind myself that they must have seen a thousand boobs before.

After our chat, I sent through some photographs of my chest. runs them through and returns images of how my breasts could look post-surgery. It feels like when I open her email. There I am, sporting various sizes and shapes – some fuller, some higher, some rounder. The options are overwhelming. I .

At the office of The Private Clinic of Harley Street, Melissa again by his side, Mr Richards and I have a convivial chat. As we discuss my quest for the age-appropriate boob job, Mr Richards says he is opposed to that look ‘bolt-on’ and that his aesthetic is ‘natural’. His ‘before’ and ‘after’ shots of procedures that he has previously performed bear this out. Still, a